A man returns to his childhood home only to find it overrun by a criminal gang, in Michael Matthews’ bleak South African neo-western Five Fingers for Marseilles (2017). As a child, Tau’s fiercely protective attitude to his best friends leads … Continue reading REVIEW: Five Fingers for Marseilles (2017)
Jay (Kodi Smit-McPhee) is a young Scot who has travelled to America to reunite with his true love Rose (Caren Pistorius). On his journey across to the west he encounters a gunslinger named Silas Selleck (Michael Fassbender). They travel together, … Continue reading REVIEW: Slow West (2015)
Hired gun Virgil Cole (Ed Harris) is hired by the people of Appaloosa, New Mexico – along with his partner Everett Hitch (Viggo Mortensen) – to protect the community from the nearby rancher Randall Bragg (Jeremy Irons). While his war … Continue reading REVIEW: Appaloosa (2008)
A gunslinger named Emmett (Scott Glenn) finds a dying man named Paden (Kevin Kline) in the middle of the desert. After nursing him back to health they both ride together towards a frontier town named Silverado. En route they pick … Continue reading REVIEW: Silverado (1985)
In post-Civil War Wyoming, bounty hunter John “The Hangman” Ruth (Kurt Russell) rides a coach towards the town of Red Rock, where he intends to deposit his prisoner Daisy Domergue (Jennifer Jason Leigh) with the local sheriff in return for … Continue reading REVIEW: The Hateful Eight (2015)
Jane Hammond (Natalie Portman) lives in an isolated house with her ex-outlaw husband Bill (Noah Emmerich). He comes home badly injured and riddled with bullets: his old gang, led by John Bishop (Ewan McGregor), is coming to kill him. With … Continue reading REVIEW: Jane Got a Gun (2016)
